If it’s true that the leak of trade negotiation readouts between the U.K. and the U.S. was part of a Russian influence operation, it’s the third such document dump ahead of a major nation’s election in as many years. This has created a new knee-jerk reaction among affected politicians: Blame the Russians to dismiss the leak.
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Leonid Bershidsky: Blaming document dumps on Russia won’t cut it
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures as he delivers his speech at the Convention of the North, in the Magna Centre in Rotherham, norhtern England on Sept. 13, 2019.
